Articles about ZDF Studios
John Hannah investigates Death in Benidorm for 5
FIRST LOOK: John Hannah and Carolina Bécquer head the cast of Death in Benidorm, a new detective drama set to air in the UK on 5 in 2026.
Cryptic crime
A world away from Downton Abbey, actor Phyllis Logan stars as a puzzle expert in murder-mystery series The Puzzle Lady (Murder Most Puzzling). She tells DQ about portraying this “ridiculous, eccentric” character, playing the lead and why the show “ticks every box.”
RTVE, ZDF investigate Spanish-German crime series Weiss & Morales
Miguel Ángel Silvestre and Katia Fellin have started filming Weiss & Morales, a crime series that sees Spanish and German investigators solving crime in the Canary Islands.
Hack race
Surveillance drama Concordia is set in a place ruled by AI – until a series of crimes put the titular town of the future on the verge of breakdown. Showrunner Frank Doelger and star Ruth Bradley give DQ a guided tour.
Global swarming
The Swarm is the eagerly anticipated big-budget adaptation of Frank Schätzing’s ecological disaster novel. DQ buzzes around production designer Julian Wagner, director Barbara Eder and VFX supervisor Jan Stoltz to hear about filming in Italy, shooting in water tanks and creating a pod of sleeping whales.